There is a growing body of research on the physical benefits of going for a dip in chilly water, but now researchers are ...

To call this girl a daredevil would be an understatement. After all, how many people swim in ice-cold water on a daily basis?

Few sights feel sweeter than a baby seal meeting water for the first time. In one widely shared Instagram reel, a fuzzy, fat ...

While evidence is building around the positive health effects of swimming in chilly water, bathing in ice or taking cold ...

Brown fat burns energy when we are cold. Now scientists are trying to harness its powers to fight obesity and type 2 diabetes ...

It was during a family trip to Disneyland in America, after swimming in "really cold" water with dolphins, that Ms Pearson ...

People from the group Diptribe, who swim at South Cerney in Gloucestershire, have been waiting for temperatures to go below ...

What’s the old adage? There’s no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothing? Broadening “bad weather” to encompass ...

One of our NPR College Podcast Challenge finalists brings the story of a group of women who, every week, take an icy plunge into the Connecticut River.

It was one of the most provocative findings of the past decade in planetary science: a potential underground lake of liquid ...

HAVING walked around the world for 27 years, facing everything from polar bears to gun-wielding thieves, Karl Bushby is finally heading home. The nomad has hacked through deadly jungles, survived ...

Having walked around the world for 27 years, facing everything from polar bears to gun-wielding thieves, Karl Bushby is ...